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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.4 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 71 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by pbaek on 12/15/2023: Grand vin. Earthy, funky, syrah-with-age nose. Wonderful balance and harmony, notes of smoked meat, olives, greens. Understated power here, STGT. (328 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 10/27/2023 flawed bottle: Northern Rhone Dinner (2012/2005/1998 focus) (Chez Lagragne): Just barely corked. Not a lot of TCA but enough and the wine was otherwise stripped. (606 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 10/27/2023 flawed bottle: (Mostly) 1998, 2005, 2012 Northern Rhône (Chicago, IL): I think this bottle suffered from a mild case of TCA, and in any case, while the TCA didn't get worse with air, the wine just felt somewhat stripped. (1037 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 10/23/2022 & rated 92 points: Tasted vis-avis the more lush 2006, this is more strict, serious and has almost Cornas-like qualities, olives, accents on iron and stone, cool kid, a lean mean Syrah-machine.
#Bagnols-en-Forêts (1145 views) | | | Tasted by MAOC on 2/9/2022: Decanted for 2 hours. Still deep in colour. Quite a rich profile - slightly brambly blackberry and dark cherry fruit, with some faint evolution of undergrowth, smoke and just a little meatiness; a prominent mineral background underneath. Really needs another 5-10 years to be at its best ****(*) (1174 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 3/24/2021: Terrific. Light and airy, green notes, herbs, black olives. At a perfect stage right now. (1577 views) | | | Tasted by gjv115 on 11/16/2020 & rated 93 points: Pnp. It's a really beautiful wine with deep dark fruit flavor. The nose is strong barnyard as is the finish. Eventually the barnyard became too strong and detracted from the enjoyment. Still youthful with a decade or more ahead. (1454 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 9/1/2020 & rated 92 points: Tasted vis-avis the Chave, this is very different animal. Focus on the iolkives, the fershness and easy-drinking lightness, still very concentrated, very vertical and immensely balanced. Over-powered by the Chave, but holding its own - and in its own way. From PB
#Anarki (2115 views) | | | Tasted by drmarclevine on 8/29/2020 & rated 90 points: Initial barnyard funk blew-off quickly into aromas of freshly ground black pepper, pine, and black cherry. More peppery black cherry in the mouth with some bright cranberry notes, too. Rustic and chewy. Short spicy finish. Fading so drink-up. Great with grilled flank steak with roasted chiles. (1410 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 7/2/2020: The 2005 has finally arrived it seems like. Floral, funky, with notes of dark olives and broth and still with lively dark fruit. Good complexity with notes of leather, animal farm and tobacco as well. Most of all, this is as genuine as Northern Rhône Syrah from St Joseph gets, it is a perfect wine in my book. (1382 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 5/29/2019: This particular bottle appeared very young, almost too young, took hours to fully open up. Notes of black olives and broth, dark fruited, classic Syrah. Cool expression. This will get better. (1558 views) | | | Tasted by Ms. Bubblehead on 4/7/2019: Drank it over two days. Very earthy on the first day, with some tar and minerals, on the second day, the wine opened up a lot more actually, with black olives, animal scent, rubbed leather, stronger minerals, and licorice. (1795 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 12/31/2018 & rated 93 points: Very expressive Syrah-nose; broader and richer than the 2006 - and yes, also better. Bacon here, dark fruit, meaty but not clumpsy ... great balance
#NewYear #Ole&Stine (1816 views) | | | Tasted by Cofxc on 12/23/2018 & rated 87 points: Medicinal, blackcurrant and a touch menthol. A touch of wood/dried mushroom. Comes through with a pure blackcurrant. Quite elegant, easy, open. (1499 views) | | | Tasted by Ms. Bubblehead on 7/26/2018: On the nose, it was earthy, forest floor, and a bit of menthol, the earthiness and modest leather/soil nose almost like an older Bordeaux left bank, on palate, more mature than other vintages, black olives, dried violets and black berries. I prefer 2010, 2014 and 2015 vintages.
Drank this wine with BurgNick, who generously brought a few bottles of Pierre Gonon for vertical tasting. (2147 views) | | | Tasted by Burgnick on 7/25/2018 & rated 90 points: More evolved than its true age. Nose had violets, earth and autimn leave. Palate was a bit light on its feet yet it kept evolving over a 3 hour dinner. The younger vintages are more concentrated. Somewhat hard to understand this vintage. But it was clearly very different from the 09,10 that were served alongside tonight. (1822 views) | | | Tasted by eboracum on 6/11/2018 & rated 90 points: About 4 years ago I was rather disappointed by the somewhat subdued showing of this wine. It has certainly opened up since then to reveal fine N.Rhone notes of griotte cherry mingled with a little grilled meat, olives and hints of metal on a medium full body. However acidity is quite strong and there is still a slightly bitter edge on the finish, both of which need to attenuate before we have a really harmonious wine. Will extra ageing achieve this or will the fruit fade first? I would be very satisfied if this were just any old St.Jo but this is Gonon. Just about very good. (1706 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 2/21/2018: Out in the open now, going places. Soft and smooth, relaxed. Runs with dark/blue fruit aromas, dark olives, meat broth and flowers. Good depth and concentration, masculine, upright wine. No hurry with this by any means, but getting there - slowly. (1832 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 5/7/2017: This particular bottle was very shut down and didn't give away much on the first day. On the second day, meaty notes, dark fruit, a hint of menthol and fur. Still not as expressive as other bottles I've had. The tannins are still not fully resolved. Serious wine, more to come for sure. (2345 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 11/11/2016: This took three hours to open up and display dark olives, beef broth, flowers and earthy notes. It's quite an incredible wine, I think, and still years away from maturity. Saint-Joseph at its absolute best. (2343 views) | | | Tasted by thomaskeil on 8/8/2016 & rated 90 points: PnP. Some progression since 2013. Fruit is more open, hinting at underlying fleshiness. Tannins still fairly firm, but nicely tamed by food. Color is deep violet and secondary aromas/flavors have yet to fully develop. (2518 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 6/2/2016 & rated 93 points: Great Gonon Tasting (Frederiksberg): Maybe the overall winner tonight, this one really hits the spot; rich, yet very cool, concentrated, complete, a very elegant wine without lackings. Garrigue, bacon, black olives & the cool north - still young and tight, though... (2474 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 6/2/2016: Okay, now we are dialing it up a notch. Complex, funky notes with earthy notes, blood and iodine. Lots of character here. Great concentration of fruit on the palate, good depth, still tannic. Dark fruit for sure, olives and meat. A great wine in the making. Reminded me of a younger version of the great 1999 we had later in the evening. Together with the 2010 and the 1999 this was the best of the reds I thought. (2435 views) | | | Tasted by vinum bonum on 6/2/2016: Fermé à double tour. On peine à reconnaître le style de la maison. Le vin est solide, presque massif, je ne sais pas s'il s'ouvrira un jour. Même l'oxygène ne lui fait rien. Attendre longtemps pour voir. (1948 views) | | | Tasted by brooklynguy on 3/24/2016: I don't know if I understand this wine. It showed almost entirely mute on the nose and this did not change over a few hours. The palate also, not expressing much. But the wine seems correct and maybe there were hints of goodness in there, the kernal of aromatic or flavor detail that is still hidden beyond a wall of...what? The wine is not terribly tannic. It is not a wall of fruit. If there is something hiding in there, I don't know what it is hiding behind. Some at our table thought this is a really good wine in the making, and perhaps they are correct. I don't know what to make of this, however. I would choose to drink any other vintage of Gonon over this one, but that's just me. (3173 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Pierre Gonon Producer website
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U.S. Importer, actually, as the producer apparently does not have an URLSyrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Northern Rhône Guide to the wines and appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley -
The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
Regional History:
Phocaean Greeks established viticulture in the Rhone as far back as 600 BC, but until the 14th century the wines were not seen outside the region. The establishment of the Avignonese Papacy (1305-1377) brought fame to the region's wine-so much so that their Burgundian neighbors to the north banned wines from the Rhone in 1446, a measure that effectively cut off trade with England and other Northern European markets for over 200 years. Stretching southward from Lyon to just south of Avignon, the Rhone produces a wide variety of wines, with the appellations north of Valence producing the least (in volume), and the towns south of Montelimar producing prodigious amounts. As in other regions, the most interesting wines come from small farms. Saint-Joseph, in the northern Rhone, extends for some distance between Condrieu in the north to Saint-Peray in the south. The reds are made from Syrah and the rare whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, and Viognier.
### 2017 vintage ###
"The first red wines already tasted in the Northern Rhône promise a beautiful vintage, with a quality close to the 2015 or even the 2009 vintage" - NEWRHÔNE MILLESIMES |
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